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On Tuesday 05 August 2008 16:16:25 Alec Warner wrote: |
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> That being said you are free to chat to Zac about the changes |
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We've already spoken to him about the changes several times, and it's quite |
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clear that he either can't or won't understand why it's bad to make |
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incompatible changes without thinking of the consequences or telling anyone |
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else who might be affected, leaving them to find out months later when their |
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users complain about their systems being broken by an ebuild that relies the |
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secret new behaviour. |
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He didn't even give an explanation of why the change is needed; just that it's |
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more consistent, which is true but certainly not a valid reason to break |
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things, and that he "didn't consider it to be especially noteworthy", |
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indicating that he should perhaps start thinking things through more |
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carefully in the future. |
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